5 Ways Animals Communicate

Ever wondered about the fascinating ways animals communicate with each other?

Or maybe you’ve wondered about the surprising diversity of signals they use to convey messages within their own species and across different environments?

Well, one of these forms of communication is often overlooked, although it is our animals preferred form of communication.

Animals can communicate Telepathically, by making sounds, through sound, visually,

Animals talk to each other in different ways. They use sounds, sights, touches, smells, and sometimes they seem to talk without making any noise! They tell each other things like who they are, what they need, and how they feel. But animals preferred form of communication is telepathic non-verbal communication.

1. Telepathic Communication

Telepathic Communication is the universal language that animals use to communicate often overlooked as a type of interspecies animal communication. But it is the universal language that all animals use when communicating among themselves and humans. Now you probably thinking well, is this really possible?

Absolutely! Have you ever wondered how it is possible that your animal family gets excited as soon as you think about feeding them or taking them out for a walk? You don’t even need to say a word… and they know.

Every time we think a thought, we send out a frequency that animals can pick up on. They are always tuned into the frequency of thoughts, emotions, and our intentions. This type of communication is is non-verbal, non-visual, non tactile, non chemical communication.

Learn more about Animals Communication and How It Works.

2. Making sounds

When animals make sounds like barking, growling, roaring, purring, hissing, or chirping, it is their way of communicating. These vocal expressions can mean used to attract a mate, scare away threats, or express their emotional states.

For example, dogs may bark to warn you about a possible intruder or because they’re excited and looking forward to their walk. Cats purr when they are relaxed, happy, or sociable. Birds may use their vocal cords to ward off unwanted visitors but their melodies can also be used to attract a mate.

But do all animals use vocal sounds to communicate? No, not all animals rely on vocal sounds to talk to one another.

Some animals are unable to make sounds using their vocal cords and instead use their body parts to communicate. Some marine life (fish, jellyfish, starfish) reptiles (crocodiles and alligators), and insects lack vocal cords (mosquitos, tenrecs) so cannot verbally communicate. For example, grasshoppers, cicadas, and crickets rub their wings together to produce buzzing, squawking, or metallic sounds.

3. Visual through Facial expressions & posture

Visual communication is animal-based communication using visual cues such as facial expressions, gestures, posture, coloration, camouflaging, and mimicking.

1. Facial Expressions: are used to communicate within and between different animal species. For example, when monkeys grin, they are signaling fear, aggression, and threat. But miscommunication can arise as some facial expressions mean different things depending on the species.
2. Gestures & posture can tell us a lot about an animal and whether or not we should approach them. When a bouncy, tail-wagging dog approaches us we can intuitively sense that they are happy and playful. But if the same dog had a rigid position and their tail tucked in between their legs, we would feel so comfortable approaching them.
3. Coloration is used by some species of monkeys to communicate their sexual availability so that they can attract a mating partner.
4. Camouflaging normally occurs when an animal feels like something in their environment could cause them harm. Octopi can adapt to their setting and change their skin color and even make their skin texture go from looking smooth to bumpy.
5. Mimicking is where an animal purposefully mimics other animals or plants as a form of survival. For example, a dog may start limping when they are around a family member that has a limp. According to a Study posted in the Journal of Animal Cognition “Elephants, Apes, orcas, dolphins, magpies, and cats have the cognitive abilities to mimic human behavior.

4. Through physical contact or touch

Tactile communication often takes place during social behavior, such as social bonding, grooming, infant care, mating, and as a demonstration of dominance. Physical contact among animals helps them forge strong social bonds and improves the overall well-being of the group. Physical contact releases serotonin, dopamine, and oxytocin which help regulate mood and reduce stress and anxiety.

5. Releasing of pheromones

All animals released pheromones, these are chemical signals that are release with our bodily excretions, urine, feces, sweat, breath milk, as well as other bodily secretions. They carry information about an animal’s gender, health, fertility, diet, territory markings, hierarchy, and much more.

If you have ever wondered how ants can travel long distances and tell each other about a secret stash they have found? Well, this is one way that they let each other know which areas to avoid and where to find a new food supply.

Thank you for reading, I you enjoyed reading this blog post. Want to try communicating with your pets telepathically? then have a read of my other blog post to learn how to “telepathically communicate with animals in 8 simple steps“

Let me know about your experiences with telepathic animal communication. What messages have your received from your animal family? Leave a comment below, I love hearing about your experiences.